Did a Delta Force strike team arrest 86-year-old World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab on April 12, 2024? No, that's not true: There is no credible evidence that this happened. In addition, the website where this claim appeared has a rrecord of publishing fabricated content.
The claim appeared in an article published by Real Raw News on April 15, 2024, titled "Delta Force Arrests Klaus Schwab" (archived here), which opened:
A Delta Force strike team arrested 86-year-old World Economic Forum (WEF) founder Klaus Schwab Friday following a deadly firefight that started at the fortified gate at his 7,770-square-foot, six-acre compound in Switzerland and ended in his bed-chamber, where the death-bringing geezer lay in bed hooked up to a self-dispensing Adrenochrome infusion machine, a source in General Eric M. Smith's office told Real Raw News.
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Delta Force Arrests Klaus Schwab
A Delta Force strike team arrested 86-year-old World Economic Forum (WEF) founder Klaus Schwab Friday following a deadly firefight that started at the fortified gate at his 7,770-square-foot, six-acre compound in Switzerland and ended in his bed-chamber, where the death-bringing geezer lay in bed hooked up to a self-dispensing Adrenochrome infusion machine, a source in General Eric M. Smith's office told Real Raw News.
Lead Stories previously debunked the claim that World Economic Forum (WEF) founder Klaus Schwab had been hospitalized in mid-April 2024. Yann Zopf, head of media at WEF, was able to confirm that Schwab's health was excellent on April 15, 2024. Zopf also said of the claims that include Schwab:
Like many high-profile individuals and organizations, he and the World Economic Forum have been targeted by conspiracy narratives, as well as misinformation and disinformation campaigns.
A Google News search (archived here) of Google News' index of thousands of reliable information sources (the search terms are visible in the link) produced no results to substantiate this claim.
The only April 12, 2024, post (archived here) on the World Economic Forum's verified X account did not report on any arrest. Instead, it linked to an article about financial education and technology on the WEF website.
Lead Stories reached out to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the World Economic Forum regarding this claim. This fact check will be updated if any responses are received.
Additional Lead Stories articles on claims regarding Klaus Schwab can be read here.
Real Raw News
Real Raw News has a long history of publishing false claims in mock news stories, many of them about convictions and executions of various public figures at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. For example, the site reported former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was hanged (she wasn't); former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta was executed (he wasn't); and "the military" convicted former Attorney General William Barr on charges of treason (it didn't).
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Lead Stories has covered claims published by Real Raw News in the past. Previous Lead Stories debunks of Real Raw News items are collected here.
